Congratulations to our newly crowned County Champions in Year 3 & 4. They attended the Rapid Fire Cricket finals at Wodson Park on the 19th March 2019. The children turned up with excitement, confidence and a touch of nerves!
The competition from other schools was high. However this did not deter our children. They showed real determination, team work and executed their skills perfectly. In the group stages our children had 5 highly competitive games, where they won four out of their five games claiming top spot in their group and qualifying for the semi finals as group winners.
In the Semi Finals our children had a tough game and nerves played a huge part for both teams, with a very low scoring game. Thanks to the children's slick running skills between the wickets they managed to secure a 3 run win and proceed to the finals!
The finals saw Windhill drawn against last years County Finalists and runners up. Going into the game we knew this was going to be a tough game. With the children re-focused and playing on their favoured pitch the children were ready to commence their final game!
We won the toss and chose to field first, this allowed the children to know what run total they had to chase. With a 62 run total to chase the children composed themselves ready to bat. After two batting pairs Windhill21 and St Ipps were neck and neck on the score front, (it was nail biting stuff.) The finals batsmen needed to secure the perfect score (no pressure!) With true Windhill21 style the final batsman focused and took their time with each shot. The rest of the team were supporting them shot by shot shouting words of encouragement. A perfect 6 balls were hit through their targets and a slick set of runs were executed meaning the team won by 12 runs!
What a fantastic achievement for the children who attended. They have shown great commitment to extra clubs to ensure they were ready for the competition. Thanks goes out to Dan Reynolds from Hertfordshire County Cricket who gave up his own time to support the children with extra coaching sessions to prepare them for the competition.
